Comparative evaluation reveals trade-offs between shielding area and lead thickness in medical personnel, suggesting expanding protective coverage safeguards radiosensitive organs.
Improvement of the radiation protection of the wearer of a lead apron may be obtained by increasing the volume of tissue protected by the apron or by increasing the thickness of the lead apron. We evaluate the merits of these two possibilities. Radiosensitive tissues include the red bone marrow, breast, thyroid and gonads. Gill et al (1980) assessed the effective dose equivalent of the body, taking those parts protected by a lead apron and those unprotected. They estimated that 63% of the weighted organs were protected and 37% were not protected.
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